Break/Fix Contracts in Northern Ireland

Break/Fix
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Break/Fix skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Break/Fix over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 32 14
Rank change year-on-year +10 -18 -
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 2 1 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.34% 0.50% 10.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 0.65% 12.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 11
10th Percentile £140 - -
25th Percentile £141 - £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £143 - £150
75th Percentile £146 - £155
90th Percentile £147 - £158
UK median daily rate £160 £167 £190
% change year-on-year -4.19% -12.11% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £13.75 £13.87
Median hourly rate - £17.50 £15.74
Median % change year-on-year - +11.18% -
75th Percentile - £21.25 £17.61
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £17.70 £16.28
% change year-on-year -1.13% +8.71% +38.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

Break/Fix is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 113 155 171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 75.84% 76.73% 81.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 80 89
10th Percentile £212 £165 £145
25th Percentile £350 £302 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £406 £438
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -7.14% +6.06%
75th Percentile £575 £504 £500
90th Percentile £660 £624 £550
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 14 11
10th Percentile - £13.40 £10.22
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.91 £10.26
Median hourly rate £13.94 £15.25 £15.74
Median % change year-on-year -8.59% -3.11% +12.43%
75th Percentile £23.54 £16.78 £21.00
90th Percentile £31.88 £18.12 -
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +49.20% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Break/Fix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Break/Fix in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for Break/Fix in Northern Ireland

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Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Break/Fix within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim +2 2 £143 - 1
Break/Fix
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow